Q116 / 160 · AP EAMCET 2019 (20 Apr Shift 2) · Mathematics

$\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\begin{array}{l}\frac{1}{n}+\frac{n^2}{(n+1)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+2)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+3)^3} \\ +\ldots+\frac{1}{125 n}\end{array}\right]=$

  • A
    $\frac{3}{8}$
  • B
    $\frac{15}{32}$
  • Correct answer
    C
    $\frac{12}{25}$
  • D
    $\frac{35}{72}$

Solution

Given, $$ \begin{aligned} & \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\frac{1}{n}+\frac{n^2}{(n+1)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+2)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+3)^3}+\ldots \frac{1}{125 n}\right] \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left[\begin{array}{l} \frac{n^2}{(n+0)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+1)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+2)^3}+\frac{n^2}{(n+3)^3} \\ +\ldots+\frac{n^2}{(n+4 n)^3} \end{array}\right] \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=0}^{4 n} \frac{n^2}{(n+r)^3} \end{aligned} $$ $$ \begin{aligned} & \text { Let } \frac{r}{n}=x \text { and } \frac{1}{n}=d x=\int_0^4 \frac{d x}{(1+x)^3}=\left[\frac{(1+x)^{-2}}{-2}\right]_0^4 \\ & =-\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{1}{5^2}-1\right]=\frac{1}{2}\left(1-\frac{1}{25}\right)=\frac{12}{25} . \end{aligned} $$ Hence, option (c) is correct.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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